Combination-tool.



L. B. SMITH- COMBINATION TOOL- APPLICATION FILED JAK.'2l,.19'14;

Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

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LOUIS B. SMITH, or: LEWISTOWIN, MONTANA.

j oomnrnarion roon Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented 0a. 13, 1911.

Application filed January 21, 1914. Serial No. 813,427.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Louis B. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lewistown, in the county of Fergus and State of Montana, have invented a new an Improved Combination-Tool, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact'des'cription. 1

My invention relates to a combination tool involving primarily a wagon or buggy wrench of novel form adjustable to ada'pt it to nuts or burs of difierent sizes.

Associated with the shanks of the wrench in practice, and coacting therewith, are hereinafter more particularly explained. 1

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of refer-' ence indicate corresponding parts in ,all the views. a v

Figure 1 is a face view of a tool constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; and Fig.

3 is a cross section through the shanks of the tool. a

In constructing a tool in accordance with my invention, a main shank 10 is provided, and an auxiliary shank 11 slidable on the main shank 10 in a manner hereinafter de-.

scribed. The main shank is provided'rearward of its free end wi-h a head 12, which in practice, is formed with hatchet elements,

as hereinafter particularly explained. In front of the head 12 elements are provided on the fixed shank to constitute wrench jaws, there being a fixed side wall 13 projecting forwardly and an opposite side wall 14 ad justable toward and from the fixed wall 13. At the front end of the auxiliary shank 11 a third jaw 15 is provided projecting laterally from the shank adjacent to the ends of the walls 13, 14. The wall 14 has a lateral stem 16 which is threaded near its outer end, and receives an adjusting nut 17 the nut being disposed in a loop 18 at the front of the head 12. At thebase of the fixed wall 13 an enlargement 19 is provided, affording a substantial bearing for the stem or pin 16. The front surface 20 of said enlargement constitutes a lateral shoulder at the base of the wall 13, the shoulder forming the inner wall of the the opposite side hatchet blade. 29 on the blade 28 forms a inner end" of in the operation box-like inclosure produced by 15 is formed extends as at 21 at the back ofithe box-likeinclosure. On said shank rearward of the head l2is a loop or yoke 22, the inturnedends 23 ofwhich enter, op posite sides of the shank 11. Said loop embraces the main shank 10 and the crossbar 24 0f the loop is adapted to adjustably engage a rack 25 on the mainshank. spring'26, here shownas a plate spring, is secured to the auxiliary shank 11 and bears by itsfree end against the back of fthe main rock the'auxiliary shank shank, tending to on the loop 22 as a pivot.

."The head 12 is formed with laterallyprojecting members 27 and 28 projecting a opposite sides of the main shank, said elements in practiceconstituting hatchet ele ments, the member 27 {at oneside'being in j the form, of a poll,and the member 28 at} being in the form of a The seat for the the movable walll f, so that of the wrench the strain to which the wall 14 is subjected will be resisted by the contact of the inner end of the wall with the surface 29. The laterally projecting members 27 28, present at their rear sides shoulders which form stops limiting the forward movement of the loop 22 insliding the shank 11 forwardly.

The rear ends of themain and auxiliary shanks are formed into additional tools, the auxiliary shank being formed at its end into a screwdriver 30, and adjacent to sai screw driver a poll 31 is provided, which may constitute a hammer. The main shank is preferably curved" laterally as at 10,

and its end formed into a claw 32 which may be employed as a nail puller.

In use the movable wall 14 is" adjusted toward or from the opposite side wall 13 by turning the nut 17 and the jaw 15 may be moved backward or forward toward or from the inner wall or shoulder 20, by sliding front surface or edge the auxiliary shank 11 on the main shank.

The spring 26 and yoke 22 permit the auxiliary shank to be rocked and in doing so the jaw 15- is retracted from the front or open side of the box-like inclosure for the nut, to facilitate the entrance of the nut, and upon the release of the auxiliary shank the spring projects the jaw 15 again, forwardly.

Having thus described my invention, I

'" fixed wall, an

. the main shank and l an end wall at the outer on the main shank,

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters auxiliary shank Paten 1. In a wrench, a main shank havlng sh ank.

2. In a wrench, a main shank having jaw elements comprising a forwardly projecting fixed wall at one side, a forwardly. projecting movable wall opposite the fixed wall and adjustable toward and from shank.

3. In a wrench, a main shank having elements comprising a forwardly projecting a second forwardly proand from the ll, an auxiliary shank slidable on iaving a jaw forming ends of the walls a loop on which the Copies of this patent may be obtained for five'cents Washington, D. 0.

has rocking movement, said loop embracing the main shank, a rack on the main adapted to shank with which the loop is en -a e and a snrin between the shanks.

4. In a tool of 'a main shank having ments at opposite sides of the ward of the front end, main shank projecting the character described,

laterally disposed eleshank rearjaw elements on the forwardly in front of the said laterally disposed elements, the said aw elements comprising a fixed side wall and an opposite movable wall resting at its base against the forward side of the adacent laterally disposed element and having a member adjustab base of the fixed wall, :shdable on the main loop. emb

- the 1y mounted at the an auxiliary shank shank and formed with on the main shank, carried by the auxiliary shank and racing the main shank rearward of the laterally disposed elements, main shank engageable and a rack on by said loop.

In testimon Y whereof I have si ned 111 Y name to this specification in the presence of. two subscribing witnesses.

W'itnesses LOUIS B. SMITH.

V. W. ALLINGHAM, H. RoUsE.

each, by

addressing the Commissioner of Patents, 

